What role are you in and how much do you earn. Do you enjoy it?

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Simple question what role/sector do you work in and what is your current salary. How much do you enjoy what you do.

Intrigued to see the pattern.

Work in aviation, bit less than 27k. Absolutely love my job though so it's fine. Don't all have to be high earners.

What do you do if you don’t mind me asking? Looking for ideas for my kids.

I'm an aircraft mechanic but I work in production rather than line maintenance - building planes.

Professional non-clinical NHS role, £48k. Well paid for my profession but not in comparison to other people in this thread! 😂Looking to change career to a clinical role as I am going mad sitting at a desk in front of a computer all day.

I head up the legal department and am on the board in a media company and earn 160k basic plus 40% bonus. Sometimes I really love it but it has periods of high stress which I find hard to deal with. It's quite flexible as I have been here a long time and don't really answer to anyone.

Finance, make products to help people buy houses, watch the market, change the pricing, lather rinse repeat.

£52 basic. +10% bonus.

benefits are ok. 15% pension. 30 days annual leave, flex working. 6 months full mat pay (and pat pay if you’re a dad) fertility leave

can’t say I’m loving life though

Finance EA, £32k, yes i like it a lot, fantastic bosses and teams, great pension and other benefits, hybrid working and very flexible.

Legal auditor in residential property. £45,000 FTE but I work 3 days a week. The role itself is fine. I really like the company I work for.

I'm an EA (London) and on £75k. Love my job (now at my new company, detested the last one).

Sr. HR role on £160k.

Love it most days, hate it occasionally. Good pension and benefits, annual bonus and salary increase, and a lot of flexibility so happy overall.

Quite a niche role in environmental sector. £45K. No direct reports, very diverse, flexible role which I largely enjoy and find meaningful. Not much scope to progress in the same company however, and it would be hard to find a better paid role with same flexibility benefits.

Senior Academic at a university. I'm Head of Division in a large faculty.
£65k.

Lawyer (counsel) in a city firm - £250k + bonus. Insane as it may sound, I’m underpaid compared to contemporaries at other firms as there has been a pay war recently that my firm hasn’t participated in!

But I’m happy with my work life balance, like most of my colleagues and enjoy the work so pretty good really!

Admin for exh's business on self employed basis @ £20 per hour. Needed flexibility for school runs, he's never done one.

Plus piano teaching privately, also self employed, term time only, £36 ph.

Plus piano teaching 1.5 school days a week at local primary, term time only, employed, £35k pro rata FTE.

My total income is about £28k most years. I love most of the teaching but find it incredibly tiring, especially endless beginners. I like some elements of the admin role and hate others.

I'd LOVE to find a good role that uses my English degree, but still need a degree of flexibility as youngest can't drive yet (though will be learning later this year). Also would have to stop my teaching for a full time role which means I'd have to be 100% sure I'd like/cope with the job. None out there that I've ever found, so on we go. I increase my hours with the admin in school hols but can't afford to take time off and am absolutely desperate for a proper break. Many years since last holiday.

NHS analyst on just under £53k FTE. Parts of the job are enjoyable! I have a young family and flexibility/work-life balance is good as well.

Sales/account management, £82k basic plus bonus of around £10kpa
Working from home 4 days a week and 1 day a week in the office
Really love my job. It's hard and challenging but I get to do a lot of problem solving and every day is different

Night Care Assistant in a Local Authority Care Home - £21k on a 23 hour contract + an amazing pension contribution.

I enjoy it at times, but of course it’s a demanding job, physically, mentally and emotionally! And obviously underpaid compared to what we have to do, but I get paid a lot more than care assistants in private homes so can’t complain.

Property investment company, senior leadership/Director level.

£140k + up to 45% bonus.

I do enjoy it, every day is different and it's got finance, technical, legal and also a lot of people and relationships stuff.

I would highly recommend surveying as a qualification, there are tons of jobs you can do with it at a variety of salaries.

I'm actually underpaid compared to what I could potentially be on, but I like my company and boss, and I've worked in some awful places before so I value that!

Property investment is cyclical so there's an element of insecurity there.

Civil Service. London. 55k inc shift allowance. 27% pension
Flexible. Meaningful work. FAR too much responsibility for the grade. Have a good degree and 30 years of service. I manage dozens of people. Love my colleagues and work can be interesting but with the usual frustrations of public sector. Have never reached my potential as did frontline shift work for most of my career to save childcare costs for 3 DC.

Have to go to office 60% and any promotion would mean central London rather than my current outer London office with parking. Not worth it for an extra 8k all taxed at 40%.

HR manager on 55k, I usually love it but am being very tested at the moment 😫

I’m a peripatetic advisory teacher for SEND.
I earn £51k and live in a low cost area so as a single parent this amount gives me a nice life.

I absolutely love the job, it’s varied, flexible and rewarding without the stress and drama of being full time in one school.

What do you analyse?

Barista, on £25k.

Barely anything compared to some posters but I love it, I quit the corporate world to get my life back!!

City lawyer - circa 165k and then another 40k (ish bonus). I enjoy it, but long hours high stress.

Social services (adults) assessor which is one under a social worker as we do everything apart from any court work. £30k but just moved to that this month which I’m massively pleased about as I left school with no qualifications and gained them as I’ve gone along. If I do my degree eventually I might be able to get to £35K. Full time 37.5 hours a week.
I do love my job but it can be really stressful and hard work sometimes.